Denim maker Levi Strauss confirmed it in a blog post. It said the first-ever pair of blue jeans were made with four pockets including the tiny one for a watch.

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Okay, so most of us probably don't put a tiny watch in there -- but that doesn't mean we don't use it. Levi admits the extra pouch has taken on a variety of functions including the "frontier pocket, condom pocket, coin pocket, match pocket and ticket pocket."

But if you need to store something a little bigger than a ticket, you could always stick to that regular pocket.